Christmas Tie Seeks Laughs And Cash Shortage
A fragmented verse laments a warm Christmas tie that smokes as it is worn. The speaker jokes about friends not hearing and notes a lack of cash to buy the item, delivering a humorous if edgy sentiment.
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Newspaper
Pinehurst Outlook
Location
Pinehurst, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1910
Page
9
A fragmented verse laments a warm Christmas tie that smokes as it is worn. The speaker jokes about friends not hearing and notes a lack of cash to buy the item, delivering a humorous if edgy sentiment.
The article lists top amateur and professional scorers in a tournament, with Lester German and John R. Taylor tied for second at 195, followed by J. E. Crayton and Dr. James I. Johnson in the high 180s. It notes several players with lower totals and reports on the unfinished rounds and final fates on both old and new courses. Two players died during the event, S. H. Patterson and A. D. Chandler, while others, including W. R. Bassett and Henry McSweeney, collapsed near the seventeenth hole and near the end respectively.
The Cemf RY con test featured a humorous Cemetery contest alongside medal play handicap. Contestants expired on the old course when strokes minus handicap reached seventy eight and on the new at eighty two, with a miniature cardboard tombstone erected as a memorial. Theoretically all players should have expired on the eighteenth green.
Advice on protecting wooden golf clubs in wet weather. Wipe, dry, and air shafts after each shot, chalk driver faces to repel moisture, and avoid drying with fire. Historic tip suggests sealing club faces with ether in a gutta percha bottle, noting it keeps wood dry and improves grip. Also lists uncalled letters and notes visitors from New York at their villa for the season.
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